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Flanders Elementary School
Southington School District

Who goes here?

Here's a look at how the student population has changed over time at
Flanders Elementary School, in similar schools, and in schools
statewide. To determine "similar schools" we used the state's
district reference group, or DRG, classification for the school.

School-level and state-level data
from State Department of Education, EdSight
DRG figures are sum of schools for which DRG classification was
available.

What does 'DRG D' mean?

"DRG" or District Reference Group -- often pronounced "dirg" -- is
grouping of schools based on the town's wealth and student need. It
ranges from A to I, with A being the wealthiest, lowest-need
municipalities. Flanders Elementary School is a DRG D school. This
database uses the DRG classifications available here, retrieved May, 2017.

Who teaches here?

Here's how the student body at Flanders Elementary School compares with the staff in
terms of race and ethnicity. Missing data means the number of students is
very small and is suppressed by the state for reasons of student privacy.

Data from Connecticut State Department of Education, EdSight

When you see two dashes (--), that means data is unavailable, typically
because data on small groups is suppressed by the state, citing
privacy.

English-language learners

This shows the percentage of students who were classified as
English-language learners, or ELLs.

ELL enrollment data from State Department of Education, EdSight.

ELL students per teacher

There were 101 English-language learner students and
2 teachers specially trained
to work with this population in
Southington School District,
according to data from
2016-17. Here's how that student-teacher ratio
compares with similar districts
and the statewide average.

TESOL and bilingual teachers differ in instructional practice. TESOL is
english-only and teachers are trained to use visuals and other supports to
help English learners. Bilingual teachers know two languages, and use both
of them to teach and translate materials for students.

Bilingual and TESOL educator count from trial exhibit from
2016-17; ratio is based
on educator count and enrollment data from State Department of
Education, EdSight.

Primary languages spoken

Schools with at least 20 students who speak the same primary language
are required to offer programs to those students in their native
language. There are many students who speak primary languages other
than English, but in a given school do not reach that 20-student
threshold. Spanish is the most commonly spoken non-English primary
language.

High-need students

Students from low-income families qualify for free or reduced-price
lunch. Income thresholds for the program vary based on family size. According
to
2016-17 guidelines, a family of three with a gross
income of just over $26,200 would qualify for free lunch, and a family
of three with an income of around $37,200 would qualify for
reduced-price meals.

Free and reduced-price lunch enrollment data from State Department of
Education, EdSight

School grade: Zero-to-100 score

Each year, the state grades every school. The state’s grading system
called "NextGen" is based on more than a dozen different measures,
including how many students are chronically absent, enrolled in arts
and Advanced Placement college-prep courses and graduate from high
school. The largest weight is given to test scores.

Smarter Balanced testing

The Smarter Balanced test replaced CAPT and CMT testing for measuring
student performance. It's aligned with the Common Core curriculum. High
school juniors in 2015-16 began taking the SAT in lieu of this test.

Bar charts show the percentage of students whose test results showed
they were at grade level or above in the subject.

Are English learners catching up?

The state has set an expectation that English learners should improve
their scores on standardized English and math tests by at least 3
percent each year. Below are the results of how many students met that
target between the 2014-15 and 2015-16 school years.

SBAC English Language Arts growth

The percentage of students meeting their respective growth target on
math tests.

SBAC Math growth

The percentage of students meeting their respective growth target on
math tests.

Data from the State Department of Education, EdSight for 2015-16;
(Starting in 2015-16, high school students took the SAT instead of SBAC)

Spending areas

Most schools in Connecticut spend about half of their budgets on
instructional staff and services. Here's a look at how the school
district's spending compared
with spending statewide in 2014-15.

Fiscal resources data from State Department of Education, EdSight

Faculty and staff, full-time equivalent

Employees are counted in "full-time equivalent" units, or FTEs, so
less-than-full-time employees count as fractional FTEs.

Educator staffing data from State Department of Education, EdSight

Teacher shortage areas

Schools can't always fill all of their open positions. This table shows
areas where the district had open positions, how many people applied
for the jobs (whether they were qualified or not), and how many of
those positions remained open on Oct. 1, 2014, the most recent for
which data was available.

Data from the State Department of Education

Teacher compensation

Here's a look at how average teacher compensation in the district
compared with similar districts and
compensation statewide.

Data from the State Department of Education for 2014-15 school year

Class sizes

Class-size data from trial exhibit.

Achievement objectives

Federal law for years required the state to track whether English learner
students were making any progress in learning English. However, that
requirement ended starting with the 2014-15 school year.

AMAO data from State Department of Education

Suspension rates

Data from the State Department of Education, EdSight for 2015-16

Why is some data missing?

Data might be missing for a number of reasons: It might not exist; or
it might be suppressed for privacy reasons because it represents a very
small group of students, for instance. Here are more
details on why some school profiles don't have as much data as others.